Treatment with thidiazuron improves opening and vase life of iris flowers

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-84

  Macnish, Andrew J ^a   Jiang, Cai Zhong ^b   Reid, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flowers; GA3; Gibberellic acid; Iris; Postharvest; Sucrose; TDZ; Thidiazuron; Vase life

Indexed keywords

EID: 74449085391     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2009.11.011     Document Type: Article

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